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The Museum’s Collections document the fate of Holocaust victims, survivors, rescuers, liberators, and others through artifacts, documents, photos, films, books, personal stories, and more. Search below to view digital records and find material that you can access at our library and at the Shapell Center.

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… father’s made it possible for my sister to join one of the children’s transports. She left just a short time before the war broke out in Europe in 1939 to…

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… Hebrew teacher at home. Outbreak of War When the Germans entered their town (Spitzkasaravik?) in Sept. 1939 their family tried to hide the girls, also with…

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… the Nazis in 1939 and sent to Auschwitz. Diament aided the resistance himself, and survived the death march out of Auschwitz in 1945 before moving to…

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…, and the younger brothers went to school, and before 1939, before the Nazis invaded Poland there was a feeling in the air, actually, from 1936. I…

Learn about over 1,000 camps and ghettos in Volume I and II of this encyclopedia, which are available as a free PDF download. This reference provides text, photographs, charts, maps, and extensive indexes.